An Explanation of Cricket (2009)
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An Explanation of Cricket (2009)
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Re: An Explanation of Cricket (2009)
#2This is like Cricket 101 - a wonderful introduction to the rules of cricket.
However, this is from 2009 and as such slightly dated. Recent years have seen the explosion of Twenty20 (20 over games - shorter and supposedly more entertaining) as well as other innovations like Batting and Bowling powerplays and so on.
Re: An Explanation of Cricket (2009)
#3This is like Cricket 101 - a wonderful introduction to the rules of cricket. However, this is from 2009 and as such slightly dated. Recent years have seen the explosion of Twenty20 (20 over games - shorter and supposedly more entertaining) as well as other innovations like Batting and Bowling powerplays and so on.
The writer is probably one of the games many purists! I love Twenty20 but I have to agree with whoever said "it's not cricket, it's a form of entertainment performed using cricket equipment".
Re: An Explanation of Cricket (2009)
#4> "The most infamous event in cricket was the 1932-33 English tour of Australia "
Many fans of the game would likely disagree; personally, a couple of match fixing scandals and the underarm delivery vs New Zealand were worse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkQRERykq5M
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#5You have two sides, one out in the field and one in. Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out. When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out. Sometimes you get men still in and not out.
When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in. There are two men called umpires who stay all out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out. When both sides have been in and all the men have been out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game!
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#6So... pretty much this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEH4ahCCrJo, right? ;)
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#7The MCC is a good resource for the laws of cricket: https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws-of-cricket/laws/
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#8I came to the UK aged 10 from (the mighty) USA. Forced to play cricket at school. No f*cker told me the rules. I wish I'd' had this page back then.
Re: An Explanation of Cricket (2009)
#9> "The most infamous event in cricket was the 1932-33 English tour of Australia " Many fans of the game would likely disagree; personally, a couple of match fixing scandals and the underarm delivery vs New Zealand were worse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkQRERykq5M
Oh the match fixing scandals definitely did ruin the face of the game. There were other notable infamous incidents - the Rebel Series to South Africa during the 80s, the ball tampering scandal
Re: An Explanation of Cricket (2009)
#10Test cricket (international matches played over five days) is a truly wonderful experience that I urge everyone to try and watch* at least once.
When you try and explain that the most engaging of matches can end in a draw, after all that time, you rarely succeed on winning over sceptics, but find a friend that is willing to sit and watch for a few days and try it out.
*or listen to, it's equally at home on the radio, where you can keep up in a state of semi-aware engagement. Test cricket doesn't require complete concentration, just a willingness to know what is going on.